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immune
adj
    1. Having a natural resistance to or protected by inoculation from (a particular disease).
      Example: She is immune to German measles
      Form: immune to something (especially)
    2. Free, exempt or protected from it.
      Example: I was immune from prosecution
      Form: immune from something (especially)
    3. Unaffected by or not susceptible to it.
      Example: immune to criticism
      Form: immune to something (especially)
    4. physiol.
      Relating to or concerned with producing immunity.
Derivative: immunity
noun
    The state of being exempt, free or protected from something.
      Thesaurus: exemption, favour, privilege, licence.
    Resistance to or protection from a disease. See also active immunity, passive immunity.
      Thesaurus: resistance, protection, immunization; Antonym: vulnerability, susceptibility.
Etymology: 15c in sense 2: from Latin immunis, from munis ready to be of service.

Info:
    A word sometimes confused with this one is impunity.


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